Description

The Big Shot (Warner Brothers, 1949). First Post-War Release
French Grande (44.5" X 60.75").
For years, Humphrey Bogart toiled away at his acting craft,
consistently cast in the part of the "heavy" or the gangster in
countless routine programmers for Warner Brothers. The roles were
often second rate and he was never able to snare top billing. All
that came to an end in 1941 with High Sierra, and when
The Big Shot was released in early 1942, Bogart was finally
given the top billing he so deserved. The film was also the last of
the B-picture gangster films that Bogart would make for Warner
Brothers before he became the King of the Warner lot. This poster
is from the pictures's first release in France after WWII. The
head-turning artwork is by the highly regarded artist Boris
Grinsson, and captures one of the most iconic portraits of Bogart
ever created. The poster only required touchup to the folds and
light creasing. Very Fine- on Linen.